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      Clausen expects to be healthy for pro day

      February 28, 2010 /

      Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen expects to be ready to work out for his pro day on April 9 after having surgery to repair a toe injury. This goes against what the NFL Network’s Charley Casserly reported yesterday when he said that Clausen is unlikely to get a full workout in before April’s draft.

      From the Chicago Tribune:

      “I went through (the medical) process yesterday,” Clausen said. “It took quite a bit of time. They said it looks really good and it’s healing. They told me to take my time and not push it too much.

      “That is what I am shooting for (to do everything at his pro day) and that is what the doctor told me.”

      Clausen says he injured the toe against Michigan State on September 19 and played the rest of the season taking painkillers.

      It’s interesting that three of the top quarterback prospects in this year’s draft – Clausen, Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy – are all dealing with injury concerns. While teams will definitely want to see him throw, Clausen is in good shape because his injury is foot-related and not arm-related like Bradford and McCoy’s. Clausen should be fine by OTAs.

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      Troubling sign? McCoy won’t throw at combine.

      February 25, 2010 /

      Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was hoping to use the NFL scouting combine this weekend to show scouts that his injured right shoulder won’t be a problem come OTAs this spring. But as ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting via his Twitter page, McCoy has opted not to throw at the combine, which could send his draft stock plummeting.

      After injuring his shoulder in the BCS title game in January, McCoy visited the acclimated Dr. James Andrews, who gave the quarterback a two-week recovery period. Early last week, McCoy told the media that he planned to participate at the combine, but Andrews has advised him not to throw this weekend, which means the signal caller has either been slow to recover or the injury is worse than the good doctor initially thought.

      Granted, McCoy still has his Pro Day to prove to scouts that his shoulder is fine. But even though he’s only following his doctor’s advice, his inability to throw at the combine sends up red flags to NFL scouts about his overall health. He presumably was already behind other quarterback prospects Jimmy Clausen and Sam Bradford, but he may slip further down teams’ draft boards if he can’t throw at his Pro Day.

      That said, he might become a steal in the later rounds, which could work out in his favor. I’m getting a little ahead of myself here, but if he’s taken late in the draft, he’ll be able to heal without having the pressure that comes with being a high draft pick. He could allow himself to heal 100% and use the draft as motivation to prove teams that passed on him wrong.


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      Colt McCoy close to being 100%?

      February 16, 2010 /

      Colt McCoy is throwing 40-50 balls a day while rehabbing the right shoulder injury that knocked him out of the national championship. He hopes that he’ll be able to participate in the scouting combine next week.

      From FOX Sports.com:

      “Hopefully I’ll be able to throw in the combine. That’s my goal, I love to compete, I want to go out and compete with those guys, go out there and throw and be myself,” McCoy said. “But obviously if the doctors don’t let me, I’m not going to be able to do that.”

      “The injury and I think the way that my college career ended has kind of sparked a fire inside of me as far as I’m going to show that I’m going to be ready to go. I’m going to show them that I’m the best, I’m going to show that I’m confident,” he said. “I can’t wait to step out on the field again, forget the taste that’s in my mouth for the last time I played a game. That’s what’s driving me every day.”

      McCoy, whose rehab is being overseen by noted sports doctor James Andrews of Birmingham, Ala., said if his doctors determine he can’t throw at the combine that begins next week, he will still do everything else possible in Indianapolis. He also plans to participate in the Longhorns’ pro day March 31.

      The scouting combine will be important for McCoy, because pro scouts will want to know how the recovery is going. If he can work out for scouts and field questions about the injury, it’ll go a long way to improving his draft stock come April. (Or at the very least, not hurt his stock.)

      But the thing he needs to keep in mind is that he still has his Pro Day in March, so if he needs the extra time to recover then he should take it. Scouts would certainly understand if he needs more time to recover, but at some point before the draft he’s going to have to work out. A team obviously isn’t going to take him in the middle rounds without seeing him throw.


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      McCoy hopes to throw at scouting combine

      February 5, 2010 /

      According to Adam Schefter via his Twitter page, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy says that the pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder is making progress and he hopes to throw at the NFL scouting combine in a couple of weeks.

      McCoy suffered the injury on Texas’s first possession against Alabama in the national championship game and he didn’t return. After visiting with the esteemed Dr. James Andrews, McCoy was given a two-week recovery period.

      But if he can’t throw at the combine (which takes place almost two months after he suffered the injury), then red flags about his health will certainly be raised. There was some talk that the type of injury he suffered was career threatening, but if he throws well at the combine, those doubts will obviously be erased.

      McCoy doesn’t have great arm strength as it is, but a good showing at the combine will keep his stock from plummeting as we get closer to April’s draft. Personally, I hope he’s healthy and has the opportunity to compete in the NFL because he showed during his four years at Texas that he’s got great character. The NFL could use more of those kinds of players.


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      Colt McCoy is the epitome of class

      January 8, 2010 /

      The college football gods owe Colt McCoy a massive apology, because what they did to him on Thursday night was extremely cruel.

      On the fifth play of the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, an Alabama defender hit McCoy on his right side and the quarterback’s arm immediately went dead. He motioned to come out of the game and was replaced by freshman Garrett Gilbert for the remainder of the series.

      That was the last time McCoy took a snap for the Texas Longhorns, who eventually fell to Alabama, 37-21.

      It’s not fair what happened to McCoy. You could see how distraught he was while having to watch from the sidelines as his team fought an uphill battle. He came back for his senior year for the opportunity to win a national championship and instead he was forced to be a spectator for his team’s biggest moment. For what he did at Texas and for college football, he deserved more than this ending.

      But even though he was handed the most unfortunate of breaks, McCoy proved to everyone how much character he has. Following the game, he held back tears while talking to ESPN reporter Lisa Salters about having to watch the game from the sidelines. Nobody would have blamed him if he vented his frustrations or talked about how the outcome of the game would have been different had he played.

      But instead, he made it a point of emphasis to congratulate Alabama not once, but twice while wrapping up the interview. And it wasn’t a clichéd, tongue-in-check type of congratulations: It was as sincere as they come.

      McCoy managed to muster the strength to congratulate an opponent that had just benefited from one of his darkest moments. Now that’s class.


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